Tag: USA

Americans Have Little Trust in Online Security: AP-NORC Poll

Most Americans don’t believe their personal information is secure online and aren’t satisfied with the federal government’s efforts to protect it, according to a poll. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MeriTalk shows that 64 percent of Americans say their social media activity is not very or not at…


Biden Admin Pulls Missile Defenses in Saudi Arabia: Photos

Satellite photos show that the United States has removed a significant number of its advanced missile defense systems and Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent days. Photos that were obtained and published by The Associated Press showed that the Prince Sultan Air Base previously had a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit,…


US Surgeon General: Biden Admin Will ‘Monitor’ Whether Vaccine Exemptions Being Used Properly

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that the Biden administration will look into reports of what he described are workers improperly finding loopholes in COVID-19 vaccine exemptions. Last week, President Joe Biden announced a mandate that any company with 100 or more employees needs to force their workers to either get vaccinated or submit…


Rescuers Ran Toward the Falling Towers: Heroism Amid the 9/11 Tragedy

Jeffrey Smith was a sales director working just over a block from the Twin Towers when terrorists attacked 20 years ago. He laments the lesser-known death toll that has followed 9/11, such as those caused by the toxicity of the air: “I got a four-element mask, you know, optimized to the dangers … I ended…


Why NYC Is Vulnerable to Another Terrorist Attack—Feat. Curtis Sliwa

“I ran down to the pit, which had become the world’s largest crematorium … Pictures do not do justice to the devastation, the carnage, the smell, the smoke, the fires, just humans running in and out like ants in an ant colony, desperately trying to find any remnants of life.” —Curtis Sliwa Curtis Sliwa founded…


American Flags Honoring 13 Military Members Killed in Terrorist Attack Vandalized in California: Police

Flags that were displayed in California to honor 13 U.S. military members who died last month during a terrorist bombing were allegedly vandalized, according to officials on Tuesday. A memorial including 13 American flags and a Marine Corps flag was displayed on a fence above the 91 Freeway in Riverside, said the Riverside Police Department…


Taliban Does Door-to-Door ‘Dissident’ Search; What Would China–Taliban Alliance Mean For US?

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack—the event that led to the War in Afghanistan—America projects a much-altered identity and faces a significantly altered geopolitical landscape. Communist China features with unprecedented prevalence in this reality. An opportunistic entity, the Chinese Communist Party appears readied, beyond all others, to ingratiate itself to the…


Biden Administration Helps Secure Tajikistan’s Border With Afghanistan

The United States will help build new border facilities in Tajikistan along the Central Asian country’s border with Afghanistan to respond to potential terrorist or other security threats, said the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe this week. The facility will be constructed in Tajikistan’s southern tip and will replace an old facility to allow border guards to “deploy forces…


Asian Stocks Follow Wall St Higher Amid Virus Uncertainty

BEIJING—Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors weighed the economic impact of the spread of the coronavirus’s Delta variant and Wall Street ended August with a gain for the seventh straight month. Shanghai and Hong Kong retreated while Tokyo and South Korea advanced. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 declined 0.1 percent from the previous…


America’s White Population Shrank for First Time in US History, Census Data Show

The 2020 census results show the total white population shrank for the first time in U.S. history, according to data released by the Census Bureau on Thursday. The share of the white population fell from 63.7 percent in 2010 to 57.8 percent a decade later, the data shows. In California, Hispanics became the largest racial…